I awaken on the shores of a High Desert playa Dust devils on the distant shoreline dance across the flats…
Mount Everts, Wyoming landscape Wordless Wednesday
I really liked this Bozeman wall art at the recently remodeled Bozeman Hot Springs. The facility was remodeled with a…
On our recent trip we stopped at several hot springs of the West. Each site was special in its own…
Here's the High Desert Voices June 2024 newsletter for your reading pleasure. Lots of nice photos as well! This newsletter…
I had a major magical moment with wildlife while visiting Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland a few weeks ago.…
A Jenday conure up close at my house. I sometimes take care of my son's conure when he goes on…
Here's a pen and ink drawing I did of a Brown Pelican. Brown Pelicans are big seabirds with a unique…
Montpelier ranch under a cloud-filled sky in Idaho Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may…
Last weekend, we drove to Brasada Ranch resort in Powell Butte, Oregon for a BBQ and art show event. They…
Fish taco extraordinaire from 10 Barrel Brewing, Bend, Oregon Wordless Wednesday
Seastacks before the storm in Tillamook Bay, Oregon. This landmark is known locally as The Three Graces. Water Water Everywhere…
In early May, I visited the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland, Oregon. The 9.5-acre garden contains more that 2,500…
black-necked stilts paradeon pink legs, slender yet strong,in search of magichidden beneath the marshlandsin iridescent ripples Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC)…
Baskets at Columbia Gorge Museum, Washington Wordless Wednesday (WW)
The Buena Vista ponds are a great place to spot birds at Malheur NWR in Oregon. In the middle of…
Hope may be bright spots in the darkness Or at the end of a twisted and turning path Hope may…
Lan Su Chinese Garden seating in Portland, Oregon on a rainy spring day. Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and…
Magnificent mountain goat at the Oregon Zoo, Portland, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments…
Giant jaws of Megalodon shark at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon. Monochrome Monday Bend Branches always appreciates your…
Peaceful Prineville paddle on Prineville Reservoir, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may not…
The dramatic cloud formations caught my attention in this Soda Springs scene. Soda Springs is a small city in Idaho…
Morning breaking over the High Desert Blackbird singing praises over a playa (more…)
Twin Falls ranch with collapsed shed and old barn Wordless Wednesday
This Mt View Orchards mural is located in Parkdale, Oregon. The plants growing around the mural make it blend into…
Seeing the softness of nature Walking behind a wall of water of a woodland waterfall Regarding a heron ruminating over…
Skink among the stones near Bend, Oregon Wordless Wednesday (WW) Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) - Rock Your World
The rocks I remember may rest on the slopes of extinct volcanoes Volcanic rocks on Pilot Butte, Bend, Oregon And…
These photographs show a winter tree near Bend, Oregon shown from 3 perspectives . Western juniper trees are great to…
Winterish Spring on Santiam Pass in Oregon Wordless Wednesday
Hook & Plow is a farm-to-table restaurant that recently opened in Bend, Oregon. The seafood, meats, and produce served here…
When I process pictures, I think about how to enhance the beauty of the subject. The natural features at the…
A coyote howling drawing Today I'm sharing a coyote print & photo. I drew the coyote in pen and ink…
Columbia Gorge reflections near Rowena, Oregon Wordless Wednesday
While visiting Lincoln City, Oregon last week, I saw this photo op Robert's Bookshop sight. A small mural of a…
A rough Painted Hills trail meanders aheadCurving towards colorful hills of mysteryCutting through foliage, shriveled and deadThrough an ancient landscape…
Bison Center, Custer State Park, South Dakota Wordless Wednesday
A glowing winter walk in the Old Mill District of Bend, Oregon. Monochrome Monday
The view from a Badlands bench in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Why are they called the Badlands? The Lakota…
In the moments before dawn,Light from a single starAwakens the spiritHidden withinSlumbering winter trees Weekend Writing Prompt (WWP) - Spirit…